"SUM OF ALL FEARS" entering the picture.
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Clowns panicing.
Clowns wanting us to panic.
u/#pepenuke
Funny, I was just looking at this Q post:
u/#q990
Well of course Best Korea has to enter the Chat.
We are talking World Politics between Nuclear powers. Kim is putting in the Best kine of visiting card, because they have nukes too. IMO, all the nuke powers should have some imput at some point, if only to sign a co-operative treaty.
The same should be done with hypersonics, and intermediate range missiles, but let's not get ahead of the game, because the chess board is being overthrown at the moment. What Trump is talking about, is the fair division of resources between those who legitimately can claim them, the establishment of sane trade-relations, the removal of sanctions (as favors and goodwill, at this point), and the promise of a disestablishment of funding stupid spook operations. IMO, Kim from Best Korea gets along well with Trump, and is just sending up a rocket-man signal to get a nice 'don't forget I like Melania too' visit.
I'd love to see an honest and thorough military assessment of N. Korea's military readiness. Something that goes beyond mere numbers of soldiers, missiles, tanks, commando units, ships, planes, etc. An assessment that shows its real strength and percentage of battle readiness. N. Korea talks a good game, but what would they really be like on the battlefield?
You just made me wonder their psychological readiness as well. Ever see how sheepish they are - mainly because they fear being brutalized by the regime for ANY little infraction... That's the sort of thing that on paper looks good, but in real battle, will get a lot if people killed. If you stop to think, you're already dead. Just a thought... and it's the thought that counts I hear ðĪŠð
This reminded me of something I once read about the psychological and tactical difference between American forces (as exemplified on D-Day) and German forces. When an officer in the American ranks got killed or wounded, leadership fell to the next NCO of the unit, and then if necessary on down the ranks. It happened in many places that day, and sometimes even PFC's were leading the climb up the cliffs or on the beaches.
The Germans, however, were rigid in their ranking, and if an officer or NCO became incapacitated, it paralyzed the rank and file until another officer or NCO came along to give orders.
Your characterization of N. Korean military might be very much like the totalitarian Germans of that day.
Thanks - I knew we did that (band of brothers shows this) - but had no idea about Germans.
The term "control freak" comes to mind...
German society then (and maybe even now, I'm not sure) was rigidly hierarchical and leaned toward obedience over anything else. I once saw a hilarious "Top Gear" episode where Jeremy Clarkson talked about driving without a license, said he had done it a few times and the other two guys admitted they had done it too.
He further said he talked about that to a German once, who told him, "It is IMPOSSIBLE to drive without a license!" Clarkson said it surely happened, even in Germany... "NEIN! It is IMPOSSIBLE to drive in Germany without a LICENSE!"
The German fellow just could not get his head around a purely administrative, civil disobedience of driving without a license, and that may sum up the general German attitude toward the administrative state and obedience.
Funny story... When I was born, my mom was in a lot of pain and the "govt people" in charge of assigning a SS number were pissing her off ...my old man, capable of getting so angry his feet would literally come off the ground, threw them out... and told them not to come back... Fast forward 18 years to the entry exam for a well known university - "What do you mean you don't have a social security number? HOW DO YOU EXIST??!!" It literally broke their brains! ððð
"How do you exist?" Oh Lord, that's funny. I'm old enough to have not been assigned a SS# when I was born but had to get one when I started working at age 16. I thought that I had "arrived" having a SS#... but now I realize it was just me becoming part of the vast, faceless chattel property of the US Government. I'm also old enough that when I joined the USMC, they didn't use my SS# but assigned me a separate 7- digit serial number, which I still remember to this day.
fear porn, they would not dare it